Media and digital literacies in Canadian teacher educators’ open educational practices: A post-intentional phenomenologyMain MenuWelcomethis is the starting point and gateway into this PhD dissertation documentBeginninggeneral introduction to this dissertationLiterature Reviewintroduction to the literature review and outlines purpose for theoretical and conceptual frameworksResearch Designoutlines the sequence for the research design - methodology, methods, validity, ethicsData Analysis and Findingsthis is the introduction to the data analysis chapter of the dissertationDiscussionthis is the discussion of the data and analysis reflecting the research conducted for this dissertationConclusionthis page introduces the conclusion of this dissertationReferencesthis is a page describing how the references are organized in this documentAppendiceslist and links to appendices in this dissertationhjdewaardc6c8628c72182a103f1a39a3b1e6de4bc774ea06HJ.DeWaard
Pragmatism
12022-06-08T19:01:50+00:00hjdewaardc6c8628c72182a103f1a39a3b1e6de4bc774ea0626plain2023-09-30T18:14:19+00:00hjdewaardc6c8628c72182a103f1a39a3b1e6de4bc774ea06Although not a primary focus of this research, the theoretical and ontological approaches found within pragmatism held some sway over my worldview and thus need to be explicated within this research dissertation. First, as a pragmatist I understood that past patterns of action may not suit future problems, which suited the uncertainty and rapid change that occured within MDL and OEPr spaces (Belshaw, 2011). Second, the allowance for error and chance made pragmatism a practical philosophy and removed the need for perfection and the all-knowing-eye of the researcher (Belshaw, 2011). Third, pragmatism rejected the notion of an objective stance through which truth or belief are established, as “reasoning is allied to experience rather than replacing it” (Belshaw, 2011, p. 131). Fourth, pragmatists understood that experiences were more than the sum of the compilation of all the parts. In this way, pragmatic projects were not bound by explicit frameworks, but are considered reflections in action as a way to ‘unthink’ the experiences (Belshaw, 2011). For these reasons, the shadows of pragmatism are evident in the practical applications and decisions I made within this research work.
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12022-06-08T18:31:28+00:00hjdewaardc6c8628c72182a103f1a39a3b1e6de4bc774ea06Theoretical Frameworkshjdewaard14overview of theoretical frameworks used in this researchplain1842023-10-27T16:38:13+00:00hjdewaardc6c8628c72182a103f1a39a3b1e6de4bc774ea06